Ana Carolina Torquato

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Maria Sibylla Merian Centre Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America

Ana Carolina Torquato


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Ana Carolina Torquato is a junior postdoctoral fellow at Mecila (Maria Sibylla Merian Centre: Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America), March to November 2022. She holds a PhD in Literary Studies and Animal Studies from the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), 2020. Her research interests include Comparative Literature, Animal Studies, Lusophone and Anglophone literature, Anthropology and Philosophy.
She holds a Masters degree issued by the multi-institutional programme, Crossways in Cultural Narratives (Erasmus Mundus), through which she earned a master's degree from each of the following universities: Universidade Nova de Lisboa, The University of Sheffield and Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (2012-2014).
She holds a bachelor's degree in Literary Studies with a major in Portuguese and English languages at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), 2011.
She holds a bachelor's degree in Literary Studies with a major in Portuguese and English languages at the Federal University

EDUCATION

PhD in Literary Studies - Federal University of Paraná/Universität Potsdam
MA in Comparative Literature Erasmus Mundus, Crossways in Cultural Narratives (University of Sheffield; Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Universidad de Santiago de Compostela)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Animal Studies; Ecocriticism; Comparative Literature; Brazilian Literature; Urbanization; Zoological Gardens; Aquariums; Animals in the City

FUTURE PROJECTS

Zoological gardens: literature, architecture, and human-animal relationships

The project investigates how human-animal relationships are perceived and represented in urban zoos and aquariums in fictional and non-fictional contexts. The basis of my analysis is the selected works of three Latin American writers, Julio Cortázar, Clarice Lispector and João Guimarães Rosa. The corpus is composed of circa fourteen texts including one short story by Clarice Lispector, one by Junior Cortázar and a group of ten short stories by Guimarães Rosa. The themes of these narratives coincide since both of them report on visitations to zoos and aquariums located in Brazil and Europe. Besides commenting on the geographical recognition of the spaces, the stories’ narrators also remark on animal agency and the state of confinement of the animals observed. My analysis will focus on four major points: the description of zoos and aquariums; the presence or absence of any remarks concerning animals’ state of captivity; the description of the human-animal relationship and how the texts p


Applications Invited
7

Scholar Citations

1

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RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • The Advent of Scientific Racism and Racial Theories in Nineteenth-Century Brazilian Literature: Humans Portrayed as Animals
    AC Torquato
    Studies on Slavery in Brazilian and African History and Literature 21, 185 , 2025
    2025
  • Entre ruas e latidos: A influência cultural da'carrocinha'na literatura de Lima Barreto sobre os cães do Rio de Janeiro
    AC Torquato
    Philologie im Netz: Narrar convivialidades marginales: Poéticas perrunas … , 2025
    2025
  • The Role of Animals in Pandemic Narratives: Forewarning Disaster, Causing Outbreaks, Conferring Immunity
    AC Torquato, AL Guerios
    Culture & Theory Volume 284, 199 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 1
  • Animal Display in Fiction: Clarice Lispector’s
    AC Torquato
    O búfalo , 2023
    2023
  • Animal Display in Fiction-Clarice Lispector’s “O búfalo” and Other Stories Framing Animal Captivity
    AC Torquato
    2023
    Citations: 4
  • A Short History of Aquariums: Scientific Curiosity, Aesthethic Delight and Conviviality
    AC Torquato
    2022
  • Animality and Textual Experimentalism in João Guimarães Rosa’s" My Uncle, the Jaguar"
    AC Torquato
    Word and Text, A Journal of Literary Studies and Linguistics 11 (1), 187-200 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 1
  • Violence against humans and animals: urbanisation and animal activism in modern and contemporary Brazilian literature
    AC Torquato Pinto da Silva
    Language and Violence in the Anthropocene , 2020
    2020
  • Memória e reconhecimento em “Nenhum, nenhuma”, de João Guimarães Rosa
    AC Torquato
    Em Tese , 2019
    2019
  • O discurso do subalterno em A Confissão da Leoa (2012), de Mia Couto e “Meu tio o Iauaretê” (1961), de João Guimarães Rosa: um estudo comparativo
    AC Torquato Pinto da Silva
    Literatura contemporânea em perspectiva comparatista, 71-84 , 2018
    2018
  • Memória e reconhecimento em “Nenhum, nenhuma”, de João Guimarães Rosa
    ACTP da Silva
    Em Tese 24 (1), 247-261 , 2018
    2018
  • The extratextual reach of ÜberLebenswissen: Die Aufgabe der Philologie (2004:2015): study on rational and irrational lives in literature
    AC Torquato Pinto da Silva
    Humboldt Kolleg , 2017
    2017
  • O animal e o humano em A confissão da leoa, de Mia Couto, e “Meu tio o Iauaretê”, de João Guimarães Rosa
    AC Torquato
    Cadernos de Pós-Graduação em Letras 17 (2), 61-71 , 2017
    2017
  • Outras margens: o animal e o humano em Guimarães Rosa
    AC Torquato Pinto da Silva
    Colóquio Outras Margens , 2017
    2017
  • O animal e o humano em a Confissão da Leoa, de Mia Couto e “Meu tio o Iauaretê”, de João Guimarães Rosa
    ACTP da Silva
    Cadernos de Pós-Graduação em Letras 17 (2) , 2017
    2017
  • O ANIMAL E O HUMANO EM A CONFISSÃO DA LEOA (2012), DE MIA COUTO E “MEU TIO O IAUARETÊ”(1961), DE JOÃO GUIMARÃES ROSA
    ACTP da Silva
    XV Congresso da Associação Brasileira de Literatura Comparada, 3025-3034 , 2016
    2016
  • The analysis of love and influence in Machado de Assis and Percy Bysshe Shelley
    AC Torquato Pinto da Silva
    Revista Versalete 2 (3), 156-169 , 2014
    2014
  • Estudo sobre a condição de'(não) animalidade humana'e a dualidade do'eu'na obra" Grande sertão: veredas", de João Guimarães Rosa
    AC Torquato
    Em Tese 20 (3), 180-198 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 1

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Animal Display in Fiction-Clarice Lispector’s “O búfalo” and Other Stories Framing Animal Captivity
    AC Torquato
    2023
    Citations: 4
  • The Role of Animals in Pandemic Narratives: Forewarning Disaster, Causing Outbreaks, Conferring Immunity
    AC Torquato, AL Guerios
    Culture & Theory Volume 284, 199 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 1
  • Animality and Textual Experimentalism in João Guimarães Rosa’s" My Uncle, the Jaguar"
    AC Torquato
    Word and Text, A Journal of Literary Studies and Linguistics 11 (1), 187-200 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 1
  • Estudo sobre a condição de'(não) animalidade humana'e a dualidade do'eu'na obra" Grande sertão: veredas", de João Guimarães Rosa
    AC Torquato
    Em Tese 20 (3), 180-198 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 1
  • The Advent of Scientific Racism and Racial Theories in Nineteenth-Century Brazilian Literature: Humans Portrayed as Animals
    AC Torquato
    Studies on Slavery in Brazilian and African History and Literature 21, 185 , 2025
    2025
  • Entre ruas e latidos: A influência cultural da'carrocinha'na literatura de Lima Barreto sobre os cães do Rio de Janeiro
    AC Torquato
    Philologie im Netz: Narrar convivialidades marginales: Poéticas perrunas … , 2025
    2025
  • Animal Display in Fiction: Clarice Lispector’s
    AC Torquato
    O búfalo , 2023
    2023
  • A Short History of Aquariums: Scientific Curiosity, Aesthethic Delight and Conviviality
    AC Torquato
    2022
  • Violence against humans and animals: urbanisation and animal activism in modern and contemporary Brazilian literature
    AC Torquato Pinto da Silva
    Language and Violence in the Anthropocene , 2020
    2020
  • Memória e reconhecimento em “Nenhum, nenhuma”, de João Guimarães Rosa
    AC Torquato
    Em Tese , 2019
    2019
  • O discurso do subalterno em A Confissão da Leoa (2012), de Mia Couto e “Meu tio o Iauaretê” (1961), de João Guimarães Rosa: um estudo comparativo
    AC Torquato Pinto da Silva
    Literatura contemporânea em perspectiva comparatista, 71-84 , 2018
    2018
  • Memória e reconhecimento em “Nenhum, nenhuma”, de João Guimarães Rosa
    ACTP da Silva
    Em Tese 24 (1), 247-261 , 2018
    2018
  • The extratextual reach of ÜberLebenswissen: Die Aufgabe der Philologie (2004:2015): study on rational and irrational lives in literature
    AC Torquato Pinto da Silva
    Humboldt Kolleg , 2017
    2017
  • O animal e o humano em A confissão da leoa, de Mia Couto, e “Meu tio o Iauaretê”, de João Guimarães Rosa
    AC Torquato
    Cadernos de Pós-Graduação em Letras 17 (2), 61-71 , 2017
    2017
  • Outras margens: o animal e o humano em Guimarães Rosa
    AC Torquato Pinto da Silva
    Colóquio Outras Margens , 2017
    2017
  • O animal e o humano em a Confissão da Leoa, de Mia Couto e “Meu tio o Iauaretê”, de João Guimarães Rosa
    ACTP da Silva
    Cadernos de Pós-Graduação em Letras 17 (2) , 2017
    2017
  • O ANIMAL E O HUMANO EM A CONFISSÃO DA LEOA (2012), DE MIA COUTO E “MEU TIO O IAUARETÊ”(1961), DE JOÃO GUIMARÃES ROSA
    ACTP da Silva
    XV Congresso da Associação Brasileira de Literatura Comparada, 3025-3034 , 2016
    2016
  • The analysis of love and influence in Machado de Assis and Percy Bysshe Shelley
    AC Torquato Pinto da Silva
    Revista Versalete 2 (3), 156-169 , 2014
    2014

Publications

1. Torquato, Ana. (2023): Scientific racism in 19th and early 20th-century Brazilian literature: humans portrayed as animals. In: Slavery, Freedom, and Beyond: Interdisciplinary Debates on Brazilian and African Societies in Historical and Contemporary Perspective, Eds. Hofmeister Pitch, Roberto., Conerman, Stephan. Accepted for printing in: De Gruyter Verlag.
2. Torquato, Ana (2022): Humanos ou inumanos: a animalização de seres humanos e a influência das teorias raciais na literatura brasileira do século XIX e XX. Eds. Burnautzki, Sarah.; Peregrino, Miriane. Accepted for printing in: Peter Lang Verlag.
Title in English: Humans or inhumans: the animalization of human beings and the influence of racial theories in Brazilian literature of the 19th and 20th centuries
3. Lustosa Guerios, Aureo., Torquato, Ana.* (2022): The role of Animals in Pandemic Narratives: forewarning disaster, causing outbreaks, bestowing immunity. In: Pandemic Protagonists. Viral (Re)Actions in Pandemic and Corona Fictions, Eds. Obermayr, Julia., Hobisch, Elisabeth., Völkl, Yvonne. Accepted for printing in: Transcript.
4. Torquato, Ana (2021): Animality and textual experimentalism in João Guimarães Rosa’s My Uncle, the Jaguar. In: Word & Text (special issue Animality and Textuality), Eds. Milesi, Laurent., Piskorski, Rodolfo. DOI: 10.51865/.